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    The Australian-Papua New Guinea submarine cable system APNG-2 is decommissioned

    • Last Update: 2023-01-03
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    The APNG-2 submarine communications cable system connecting Australia to Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been in service for 16 years and has now been decommissioned
    .

    The APNG-2 cable system was built after a 1,800-kilometre-long section of the PacRimWest cable was recycled and reused, which connected Australia to Guam when it entered service in 1994
    .

    After PacRimWest was decommissioned in 2005, the system was cut off near the Solomon Islands and converted to APNG-2, resulting in 80 percent cost savings by transferring equipment from the Guam landing station to PNG to build new cables and factories
    .

    Currently, Papua New Guinea is building the Kumul Domestic Submarine Cable, which aims to connect 15 coastal cities between Port Moresby, Alotau, Popondeta, Lae and Madang provinces, with a total length of 5,457 km
    .

    The project was built by Huawei with an 85% preferential buyer credit provided by the Export-Import Bank of China to the Papua New Guinea government
    .

    Not only that, but the system will also be connected to Jakarta through Indonesia's national backbone submarine cable network and further to Asia, forming a new international interconnection network
    .

    The APNG-2 submarine communications cable system connecting Australia to Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been in service for 16 years and has now been decommissioned
    .

    The APNG-2 cable system was built after a 1,800-kilometre-long section of the PacRimWest cable was recycled and reused, which connected Australia to Guam when it entered service in 1994
    .

    After PacRimWest was decommissioned in 2005, the system was cut off near the Solomon Islands and converted to APNG-2, resulting in 80 percent cost savings by transferring equipment from the Guam landing station to PNG to build new cables and factories
    .

    Currently, Papua New Guinea is building the Kumul Domestic Submarine Cable, which aims to connect 15 coastal cities between Port Moresby, Alotau, Popondeta, Lae and Madang provinces, with a total length of 5,457 km
    .

    The project was built by Huawei with an 85% preferential buyer credit provided by the Export-Import Bank of China to the Papua New Guinea government
    .

    Not only that, but the system will also be connected to Jakarta through Indonesia's national backbone submarine cable network and further to Asia, forming a new international interconnection network
    .

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